UFOs in the daily Press:

LAC CHAUVET UFO IN THE FRENCH PRESS, 1952:

The article underneath has been published in the daily newspaper
Le Méridional, France, pages 1 and 8, on June 1, 1952.

A flying saucer has been photographed in the Auvergne

The craft was between 3.000 and 8.000 meters and I did not hear any
sound"states the geologist who took the photographs

Paris. -- An electrical engineer of Le Puy claims to have seen a flying
saucer Tuesday evening. "It was, he said, spindle shaped, afterc having made
a sudden half-turn it took the shape of a disc of gray colour."

But a resident of Clermont, Mr. Frégnale, residing at the Martes-de-Veyre did better:
he photographed a saucer. He was hiking in the area of Bessem Friday in search
for geological curiosities, when suddenly, whereas he was near Lake Chauvet,
he saw a kind of disc that crossed the sky from West to East.

Without wasting time, he directed his camera (which he always has with him when
he goes hiking) and

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A flying saucer in the Auvergne

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took four shots of the mysterious machine... With his binoculars he
studied the "flying saucer" during a few seconds.

- "It was approximately 6 p.m., told Mr. Frégnale, when I saw the saucer.
Being unaware of its diameter, I cannot say at what altitude it flew.
Apparently it was between 3.000 and 8.000 meters. I do not think that
the altitude could be higher, for then, because of the thickness of the
atmosphere, the craft would have had a bluish metallic colour which it did not have.

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"I had the time to take four shots very quickly. I saw the machine approximately
during 50 seconds and after having taken the photographs I observed the craft
with binoculars. According to my observations and calculations I made afterwards,
if the saucer were at 3.000 meters it was going at approximately 300 meters per
second. If it were at 8.000 meters its speed was larger obvioulsy and could
reach 800 meters per second. I heard absolutely no noise.

"The craft - as often told - had the shape of an oval saucer. Below and in the
center it seemed that there is a light bulge, but I am not certain.
Around the circular part, a brilliant circle appeared. I suppose that
above the apparatus, a rotor, or some other gyroscopic system, rotated
very quickly, which would explain the reflection that one very
clearly sees on the photographs that I took."